Develop an argument about one of our remaining texts’ use of metacommentary. A lot of our later texts are deliberately self-aware. How do the authors use that awareness? How does this affect the story? What do we gain from it? Why would an author choose to do this?

You must have received feedback from your tutor marker and a fellow student in your class on the outline you submitted. Use the feedback to complete essay 2.

Develop an argument about one of our remaining texts’ use of metacommentary. A lot of our later texts are deliberately self-aware. How do the authors use that awareness? How does this affect the story? What do we gain from it? Why would an author choose to do this?

Consider the bildungsroman format. How has one of our later authors used and played with this form? Why? What does playing with this format add to the text? What is the author trying to say about the format?